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strange printf behaviour

 
Uwe Steinhoff
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‎03-19-2000 08:20 PM

‎03-19-2000 08:20 PM

strange printf behaviour

Under HP-UX B.10.20 running on a 9000/780 machine, the following command gives
strange results:
command:
/usr/bin/printf "%.2d\n" 08
result:
printf: Error converting 08
00

The command
/usr/bin/printf "%.2d\n" 8

runs fine. (result : 08 )
What's wrong ?
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Tom Dawes-gamble_2
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‎03-19-2000 11:22 PM

‎03-19-2000 11:22 PM

Re: strange printf behaviour

The reason is the leading zero causes printf to
atempt to convert from Octal.

/usr/bin/printf "%02d\n" 011

results in a "09" being printed.
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